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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-732/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/732",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/732 of 2 June 2020 in support of the UN Secretary-General’s Mechanism for investigation of alleged use of chemical and biological or toxin weapons",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-732",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. For the purpose of giving immediate and practical application to some elements of the EU Strategy and of building on the successful implementation of Joint Actions 2006/184/CFSP and 2008/858/CFSP and Decision 2012/421/CFSP, this Decision serves as an operational policy tool for providing essential follow-up and momentum to the activities undertaken throughout the period 2016 to 2019 in the framework of Decisions (CFSP) 2016/51 and (CFSP) 2019/97 in support of the BTWC.\n2. This Decision is guided by the following principles:\n(a) making best use of the experience gained through Decisions 2012/421/CFSP and (CFSP) 2016/51;\n(b) bearing in mind the lessons learned from the most recent SGM investigation, which took place in 2013 in Syria, with the aim of continuing the implementation of those lessons;\n(c) actively encouraging the nomination of experts and laboratories from the Global South to the SGM roster;\n(d) actively encouraging the nomination of female experts to the SGM roster;\n(e) building strategic partnerships with relevant institutions;\n(f) supporting the efforts of interested UN Member States to ensure the full operational readiness of the SGM;\n(g) contributing to the implementation of the UN Secretary-General’s Agenda for Disarmament ‘Securing our Common Future’.\n3. The Union shall support the following projects corresponding to measures of the EU Strategy:\n(a) support for training of experts on the SGM roster;\n(b) capacity-building of laboratories from developing countries;\n(c) outreach activities to ensure the nomination to the SGM roster of experts and laboratories from the Global South;\n(d) support for a full field exercise (Capstone Exercise);\n(e) support for regular coordination activities or workshops or both with relevant organisational partners.\n4. A detailed description of those projects is set out in the Annex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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